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Essay On Quilty Case

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The law states that if someone is accused for the murder of another, that person is still innocent until proven guilty. In Adnan Syed's case, there is not enough hard sufficient evidence that could prove that he is guilty for the murder of Hai. The court has just gone off of word of mouth from what the people they put on the stand said in the trials,000000000 but they do not actually have any evidence that proves Adnan truly committed the crime. This is why I believe that he is innocent. First of all, Adnan had an alibi and a witness to confirm this alibi, Asia. There were letters found, written by Asia, that said she had seen Adnan in the library at the time of Hai's murder. However, this evidence was not used during the trial to help Adnan's case. Later on when Sarah Koenig contacted Asia she was informed that Asia and Adnan had actually had a brief conversation the day she saw him in the library. Secondly, the evidence that the court is going off of is merely the story that Jay told the police. For all they know Jay could be lying …show more content…

Sure he was the ex-boyfriend but Hai probably talked to a lot of people, of different races, and all of sudden Adnan is the guilty one? I did some research and in an article I read about the Image result for gavelcase being reopened the reporter stated: "What do we know about the crime? - Syed was convicted of strangling Lee and burying her in a shallow grave" (Allen 1). Yet, that is not actually known, that is just the story that the police have come up with. They cannot say that we all know that that's what happened. They need actual proof to make a statement like that and I feel that they may be targeting him because of his racial background. Overall, these are reasons why I feel that Adnan is innocent. He has not yet actually been proved guilty yet so therefore he is innocent because as the law states, you are innocent until proven

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